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[[File: {{Infobox wagon|image = BR_953153_20150307.jpg |thumb|200px|right| caption = BR Brake Van 953153]]|construc = BR Darlington|status = |wagno = 953153|othernos = DB 953153|designed = |diagram = 1/506|lot = 2868|wagtype = 20 ton ‘Toadfit’ Brake Van 953153 was brake van|telcode = Toadfit|brakes = vac fitted|built in = 1956. It arrived |years1 = 1985|events1 = Arrived on the SVR in September 1985. It (BR owned)|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}953153 is seen in a BR-designed 20 ton ‘Toadfit’ Brake Van, the telegraphic code indicating a vacuum brake fitted version of the photograph at [[Highley]], typical ‘Toad’ brake van. The design was based on the line leading into [[The Engine House]]former LNER standard 20 ton brake van, but included a concrete platform for extra weight as well as glazed doors and extended footsteps.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>

==SourcesService==953153 was built in 1956 at Faverdale, Darlington to diagram 1/506, Lot 2868.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<br/ref>

==LinksPreservation==953153 was still owned by BR when it arrived on the SVR from Newport on 10 September 1985, having been attached to the returning GWR demonstration freight train hauled by [http:[2857|GWR 2857]]. It was never collected by BR, and after more than a decade was eventually sold for scrap. It was acquired from the scrapman by [[SVR(H)]].<ref name=SB9//www> During 2001 953153 and fellow Toadfit [[BR 955243 Goods Brake Van|955243]] were damaged by fire while stored in the Engineers’ siding at the [[Stourport Triangle]]. Repairs and an overhaul for 953153 were undertaken in 2002.wsThe corner damaged by the fire, which was thought to have been started in the guard’s desk, was replaced.vintagecarriagestrustBoth bottom stringers were also repaired and all the side outer boards replaced.org/ws/WagonInfoThe wagon was also re-glazed with laminated glass to meet H&S requirements of the time.asp?Ref<ref name=7448 SVR141>SVR News 141</ref> 953153 is seen in the photograph at [[Highley]], on vintagecarriagestrustthe line leading into [[The Engine House]].org]<br>

==References==<references/> ==Links==[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7748 953153 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>  [[Category:Brake vans]] [[Category:Rolling stock owned by SVR(H)]]